Amusement device



'1. VAN CAMP.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED APR.2'I. I9I9.

Patented May 11,1920.

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J. VAN CAMP..

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APII.2I, 191.9-l

1,339,87'1. Patented Mayu, '1920.'

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JOHN VAN CAMP, OE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA7 AssIGNoE OE ONE-HALE To JOHN E.

OWEN, or VENICE, CALIFORNIA. c

'AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed April 21,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN VAN CAMP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angelesl 4and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to make a live amusement device, and my invention consists of the novel. features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a live amusement device embodying the principles of my invention, and taken from the front end, as

Y indicated by the arrow 1 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional detail on the line 2 2 in Fig'l.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view in `the direction indicated by the arrow 3 in'Fig. 2, parts being broken away and shown in section.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail on the same plane as Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a diagram of the lighting system.

The floor 1 is rectangular in plan and a woven wire fence 2 extends upwardly' from the back end of the floor, woven wire fences 3 and 4 extend upwardly from the sides of the' floor, and a woven wire fence 5 extends upwardly from the front end of the floor. A trough 6 is mounted upon the upper edge of the fence 5 across the front end of the device, and balls 7 are placed in this trough for the use of the customers.

A tunnel 8 is formed to extend a considerable distance longitudinally both ways from the center of the floor 1. A wall 9 is mounted transversely across therear end of the iioor 1, the lower edge ofthe wall being some distance above the floor to form the space 10. A secondary fioor 11 is connected to the lower edge of the vertical wall 9 and extends forwardly and downwardly and joins the lioor 1 atv the forward end of the tunnel 8. A platform 12 extends forwardly from the upper part of the wall 9, a wall v13 extends upwardly in line'with the wall 9 from the rear side of the platform 12, partitions 14, 15, 16 and 17 extend forwardly from thewall 13 upon the platform 12 to form pigpens 17', 18, 19 and 20, and the central chamber 21. A cover 22 is mounted upon the wall 13 andthe partitions 14, 15, 16 and 17 and ends 23 and 24 are inserted.

Specicatign of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920. 1919. serialiNo. 291,731.

from the platform 26 to the upper end of the chute 31, and a mattress 33 is mounted upon the 'floor 1 in front of the lower 'end of the Chute 31.

Springs 34 are connected to the doors 27 v28, 29 and 30, so that when the doors are released the springs will pull the doors open. A catch35 is applied to each door so that when the doors are swung closed the latches will catch and hold the doors against the tensions of the springs. A cord 36 is connected to the doors 27, 28, 29 and `30 and extends around to the front end of the device so that the Operator may pull the cord and close the doors.

Brackets 37 are mounted behind the lower edge ofy the partition 35, there" being a bracket for each pigpen. An actuator 38 is pivotally connected to each bracket, each of said actuators being a board hanging downwardly and swinging freely above the rear end of the secondary floor 11. A crank arm 39 'is connected to each actuator and an elastic link 40 connects each crank arm to the corresponding catch 35 so that when the actuator38 swings backwardly the catch 35 structed in connection with the hinges of the doors 27 28, 29 and 30, so that when the doors are closed the circuits are broken, and when the doors are opened the circuits are closed. The main line wires 47 and 48 are Q and the pi up the lad er 32 and slide down the chute 3l and turn a somersault from the chute.

properly located andthe wire 48 is' connected to the stationary side of each circuit breaker 43, 44,45 and 46. The wire 47 is connected through the lamps 49, 50, 51 and 52 to the movable sides Qf the circuit break-k ers so that when the doors are opened'thelamps are illuminated. ,In a like manner thev line 47 is connected through the ,lamps 53, 54, 55 and 56. The lamps 49, 50,51 and 52 are mountedin the pigpens 17, 18, 19 and 20, and the lam s 53, 54, 55 and 56 are mounted on top o the pigpens. The line 47 .amusement device is in operation an' attendant takes a pig from the ome 59 and places the pig in one of the pens 17', 18,19 or 20, and then another pig in another pen, and so on until each pen has a plig. Doors 60 are formed inthe wall 13 at t e back of the pig pens Iso that the attendant may open the door 60 and place the pig in the n. vThe pens are-normally dark and the pigis restless and homesick. A customer takes a certain number of balls 7 and throws the :balls at the openin passes throng an actuator 38 the corres onding 4door 27, 28, 29 or 30 will be release and swung open, thereby illuminating the lamp within the pigpen', and the corresponding lamp on top of the pigpen and the sudden illumination of the lamp will scare the pig more or less will rush out of the door and and land'upon the mattress 33, straighten himself up and make a rush for home, and the only avenue fromy the mattress space to the pigs home 59 is through the tunnel'S.

The balls thrown at the curtain 42 will fall u on the secondary floorA 11`and roll towar the forward end of the 'floor 1. Side boards 61 and 62 are mounted above the fences 3 and 4 to keep the balls from going over the fences. A back board 63 is mounted across the rear end above the pigpens to prevent the balls from flying over the pigpens, and the names of the pigs may be shown upon the board 63 above the corresponding pens, and above these names is an illustration of the operation of the device.

Various changes may be mad without departingI from the spirit of my. invention as claime I claim:

1. An amusement device comprising an inclosure having a forward end, and a rear 42 and every time a' ball an opening 42A and strikes' end and having a bottom floor, an inclined 'way extending from near the rear end of the inclosure forwardly and downwardly toward the bottom floor, a tunnel connecting the forward end ofthe inclosure through the inclined way with the rearend of the inclo sure, means forming pens above the inclined way for inclosing acting animals, said pens having self opening doors and latches for holding the doors closed, a platform in front of the doors adapted to form a walk for the animals, a chute leading from the platform forwardly and downwardlyv upon which the animals may act a curtain suspended from. the platform and ating devices behind the curtains for operatin the latches lto release the doors therebyA re easing the vacting animals.

having openings and actu- 2. An' amusementl device adapted to be y operated in connection with a plurality of live pigs, an inclosure forming a home for 'the pigs, means forming a tunnel leading to the pigs" home, plgpens mounted above the pigs home, a chute in communication with the pigpens 4and adapted to be illuminated thepig ens and extending downwardly and by openin the doors, a curtain extendingdownwar y in front 4of the pigpens and having openings, actuators mounted behind the opemngs and connectionsbetween the `actuators. and the doors,v whereby a ball.

strikin the actuator will releasea door and allow t e door to swing cape from the pen. and sl1de down the chute o en and turn on the light and allow a pig m'the pen to es.

and 'returnto his" home through the tunnel.v

' 3. In an amusement device, an inclosure, -.a home for a'plurality of animals, ,av nseparate from said home, an entrance oor to said pen through which animals lare placed *into the en, an exit door in said pen leading to sai inclosure, a target, and

target is hit, and a conduit' leading from said inclosure, into said home.

means actuated by said target for releasing 4. In an amusement device, an inclosure, a

home for a plurality -of* animals, a pen separatefrom said home, an entrance door to said pen through which animalsl are placed into the pen, an exit door in said pen leading to said inclosure, a lamp in said pen,

said lamp extinguished when said exitdoor is closed, a target, and means actuated by said target when-hit Yfor releasin said'exit door and lighting said lamp, w ereby the animal is caused to rush out of said pen into said inclosure, and a conduit leading from said inclosure into said home.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to 'thisspecificatiom JOHN VAN CAMP. 

